Docs

Learn faster. Read every doc.

The Gist docs. How the reader works, what the layers mean, what stays on your device, and everything else worth understanding before you ship an opinion.

Getting Started

What Gist is, how to install it, and the mental model for the reader.

Install & Setup

Getting Gist running, pinning the extension, updates, and reinstalls.

Install Gist on Chrome
Update or reinstall Gist

The Reader

How the overlay and the five layers work.

How the Gist reader works
The layers

Concepts

Anti-slop summaries, editorial principles, and why Gist reads the way it does.

Anti-slop — why Gist is not a generic AI summary

Content Support

What Gist works on today — articles, PDFs, YouTube, and more.

What Gist works on

Privacy

What happens on-device, what reaches our servers, and how to delete your data.

Delete my data
What Gist does on your device vs. on our servers

Troubleshooting

When the overlay does not appear, PDFs do not work, or a gist is wrong.

Report a Bug

When and how to open a support ticket with debug info attached.

Report a bug

Account & Membership

Pricing, membership, signing in, and managing your subscription.